{"id":9257,"date":"2023-04-20T01:14:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2025-03-29T12:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T06:42:48","slug":"cinematograph-amendment-bill-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cinematograph-amendment-bill-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2019 was <strong>introduced in the Rajya Sabha<\/strong> on 12th February <strong>2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>was referred to the Standing Committee<\/strong> on Information Technology which presented its report on 16th March 2020.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023, was prepared after seeking public comments<\/strong>, followed by several rounds of stakeholder consultations.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>will be introduced in the Parliament<\/strong> during the upcoming <strong>monsoon session.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It seeks to <strong>amend the Cinematograph Act 1952<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It has provisions for harsher <strong>punishment for film piracy<\/strong> and the <strong>introduction of new-age categories for classifying films.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Film Classification:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It has provisions to <strong>classify films on the basis of age group instead of the current practice of rating them<\/strong> &#8220;U&#8221; (unrestricted public exhibition), &#8220;A&#8221; (restricted to adult audiences), and &#8220;UA&#8221; (unrestricted public exhibition subject to parental guidance for children below the age of 12).<\/li>\n<li>The amendments <strong>seek to add new classifications \u2013 \u2018UA-7+\u2019, \u2018UA-13+\u2019, and \u2018UA-16+\u2019 in place for 12 years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It also seeks to <strong>bring about uniformity in categorisation of films<\/strong> and content across platforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stricter Laws Against Piracy:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bill holds stricter <strong>punishment for those responsible for piracy.<\/strong> This includes three <strong>years of imprisonment and a Rs 10 lakh penalty<\/strong> for those engaged in piracy.<\/li>\n<li>Once the Bill is released, the <strong>act of piracy will be considered an offence legally<\/strong> and will include even transmitting pirated content punishable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is the Cinematograph Act 1952?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It was enacted by the Parliament to <strong>ensure that films are exhibited in accordance with the limits of tolerance of Indian society<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>establishes Central Board of Film Certification<\/strong> (CBFC, popularly known as the censor board) appointed by the Central Government <strong>to sanction and certify films.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Board scrutinizes the film in its entirety<\/strong> and based on the contemporary standard of Indian society following the procedure laid down under the Act.<\/li>\n<li>Board <strong>can either make a speaking order of rejection or grant the certificate, which shall be valid for ten years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Act <strong>also authorizes the police to conduct search and seizure<\/strong> if the film is being exhibited in contravention of any of the provisions of the Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?<\/h3>\n<p>The Central Board of Film Certification whose headquarters are located in Mumbai with nine regional office locations is the body responsible for certifying films and certifying their authenticity. A film is defined as a story or event captured in moving pictures and displayed on television or in a theatre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/union-cabinet-approves-cinematograph-amendment-bill-2023-to-be-introduced-in-the-upcoming-session-of-parliament\/article66755539.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>More age-appropriate ratings for films soon<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023 seeks to amend the Cinematograph Act 1952.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}